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Had some time driving my enby over to school just now and thought of a few things I wanted to say, directed at the prison rape jokes are funny gang.

I honestly never meant this to be about me or wanting sympathy. Thanks you all though for your kind messages. A thread of unknown legth coming.
08:21 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Frank the Bunny
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If you find prison rape jokes funny, have you ever stopped to consider why? What the comical aspect is behind laughing about a man violating another man through sexual violence?

You know how many people handle discomfort? Humor. Look it up.
08:24 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Frank the Bunny
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When you make these jokes, you are using humor to express discomfort about a situation you never want to be in, but also can find "funny" when it happens to the "wrong" person, just so long as it's not you.
08:25 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Frank the Bunny
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Do you know why you find the thought so uncomfortable?

Here's it is:

Every man's fear is to be treated by another man the way *many* men treat women. It's behind the rape jokes. The homophobia. The "he hit on me so I killed him" defense.

We don't want to be treated by men like men treat women.
08:28 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Frank the Bunny
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Yeah bro, let me stop you there. We know "not all men."

The bottom line is that prison rape is emasculating, and it's emasculating because we have asserted for ourselves some kind of sociosexual power imbalance that we never, ever, ever want to be on the wrong side of.
08:30 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Frank the Bunny
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So we treat it as humorous when a man raped a man. Because haha, men do that, but when it's another man and we don't like that guy, hilarious! Because fuck that guy. But obviously, we don't condone that treatment of women, we are all enlightened and shit.
08:32 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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But when you treat any kind of sexual violence as a joke, you are supporting rape culture, the culture that says hey, that happens because (not me, but those other) men do that stuff. So haha, if it's gonna happen, might as well make it funny, right?
08:33 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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When you make something into a joke, you are fostering an environment in which sexual violence can be excused because who is gonna take it all that serious is it's a joke? And besides, that guy deserved it. You've just thrown your hat in with rape culture.
08:36 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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When you make sexual violence funny, you are telling every victim that their experience doesn't matter, that what happened to them is simply the punchline to a funny joke you thought up because it makes your terror that it could be you feel better.
08:38 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Frank the Bunny
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Well, it is quite a few of us, dipshit. And a whole fucking lot more women. At least half of the women you know.

It's not fucking funny, not now, not ever. Maybe check what you're doing to make sure other men don't rape, instead of using it to make a joke.
08:40 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Anyway, end rant. I probably got some shit wrong, I'm sure I'll hear about it. I'm just not down with these jokes anymore. I'll call your ass out.
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Sami Lee
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Thank you for every word of this Frank 🩵
12:48 AM - Sep 07, 2023
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Spiritual Annie
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As a women who has been subjected to rape by men starting very young and continuing until I was in my 30's, I really *really* appreciate you, Frank. Thanks so much for a well spouted thread. ❤️💜💙💚💛🧡
11:24 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Jim Plunkett
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Insightful thread - thx!

By extension, the perpetuating rape culture by 'signing on' to the joke also perpetuates that culture itself, by saying to those -others-who-do-such-things- and hear such jokes, that it is ok on some level

which is profoundly not cool
11:20 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Tom Brk
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It seems almost reflexive for people (and TV characters!) to make a "drop the soap" joke -- which is not only homophobic and making a joke of rape but it's also a TIRED HACKNEYED CLICHE

It's not funny in both ways!
10:08 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Mary Locker
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I think you got every bit of this exactly right. Thank you for laying it out so clearly.
09:49 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Carla Reid + Chilla
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Thank you, Frank.
09:33 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Claudia Citro
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Great thread @ZomBunnyFrank
09:31 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Gee Cathy
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thanks for sharing this and for not staying silent
09:26 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Aly C
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Nothing funny about rape. It is a traumatizing, painful experience.
Thank you for trying to set it straight.
Much appreciated Frank. ❤️😔
09:04 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Frank the Bunny
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It absolutely isn't. And the jokes retraumatize, every time. We can be better than that here. 💜
09:12 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Jennifer Smith
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Thank.
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08:57 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Linda Careaga
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No rape is funny so thanks for this thread.
08:55 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Unapologetically Beth
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Well said.
08:54 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Miss Lil' Bit Angie
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Big hug Frank 🫂💜♾️
08:52 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Bonnie Ivanish
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Needed said, and you said it well.
08:49 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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Mandi Segovia
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Excellent thread, excellent points that I wish you didn't (still) have to make.
08:44 PM - Sep 06, 2023
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